What We Said We Would Do in 2009
- Continue to reduce flaring and venting in our operations where feasible.
- Advance the "I Will" campaign to continue to reinforce energy conservation and efficiency.
- Continue to promote consumer energy efficiency at WillYouJoinUs.com, and educate and engage people on global energy issues.
- Work to LEED-certify (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) some facilities in Texas and California.
- Begin reporting total waste metrics.
- Develop a reporting protocol, to roll out in 2010, for total water use.
- Continue Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS) alignment with industry standards to achieve performance objectives and improve operations.
What We Did in 2009
- Reduced emissions from flaring and venting by 8 percent, and advanced several major projects
- Received LEED Silver certification for a facility in Anchorage, Alaska. Submitted applications for LEED certification at four additional facilities.
- Developed and rolled out new tools to help manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from proposed capital projects.
- Decreased our own energy consumption per unit of output by 30 percent since 1992, which is further improvement from 2008's 28 percent decrease since 1992.
- Achieved the final investment decision on our Gorgon Project, which includes carbon dioxide injection.
- Began reporting total waste.
- Developed an improved compliance assurance and environmental management tool for enterprisewide application.
- Completed our environmental strategy review, which informed the development of a water strategy and environmental processes.
What We Plan to Do Next
- Advance plans to reduce flaring where feasible.
- Work toward our five-year goal of top-quartile energy efficiency performance under the ENERGY STAR® program, for our major, owned North America office facilities.
- Begin collecting total water-use data.
- Deploy our corporate environmental stewardship process.
- Develop a corporate freshwater strategy.
Key:
Area of performance improvement
Unchanged or no significant improvement or decline
Area of performance decline